Soap and towel rack.



IN0. 839,337. PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

' E. P. THOMANDER.

SOAP AND TOWEL RACK.

APPLIUATION FILED APB.17.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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This invention relates to improvements in devices for holding soap and towels; and it consists of the novel construction, combination, and arra ement of devices hereinafter described and c aimed. V

One object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical device of this character which will support a cake of soap and a towel adjacent to a washbasin or stand within convenient reach of a user and at the same time concealed from view and out of the way.

' Another object of the invention is to 1'0- vide a device of this character which simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensive in construction and sanitary, economical, and convement in use.

The above and other objects, willappear as the nature of my invention is better understood, are accomplished by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, 'in which I Figurel is afront elevation of myim roved soap and towel rack or supporting evice, showing the casing broken away and a part of the sBpring-actuated winding-roller in sec tion. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the lane indicated b the line 2 2 in Fig. 1; and Figs. 3 and 4 are etail views of the roller, showing two ways in which the towel may be removably secured thereon.

Referring to the drawingsby numerals, 1

denotes a cake. of soap and 2, a towel, which are supported by my improved rack or supporting device 3. The latter comprises a suitable base 4, upon which is mounted, beneath a hood or casing 5, a spring-actuated win -'roller 6 similarin constructiontothe usual self-windin curtain-shade roller. This roller 6 may be of any desired form and construction, and its pivots or trunnions are mounted in brackets 7, secured upon the front of the base board or late 4, so that the roller is disposed horizonta y in the casing or hood 5 above its open bottom. Upon the roller, ad'acent to one of its ends, is secured a spool or m 8, having secured to and wound upon it a cord or similar flexible connection 9',

from which the cake of soap 1 is supported.

Upon the outer or free end of the cord 9 is a spring-holder 10, formed, preferably, by bend ing a iece of resilient wire; as shown in Fig. 1, to cm inwardly spring-jaws 11, having inwardly-projecting spursto enter the cake of soap.

suitable means which would permit it to be readily removed. The attac means shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawmiilconsists in forming in'the roller aloniitu allyextending groove 12, in which t e upper. or mner on of the towel is clamped by a retaining-strip 13. The latter has one of its ends hingled, as at 14, and its 0 posite end secured to t e roller by means 0 a catch 15. The fastening means for the towel shown in F' 4 of the drawings comprises a longitudina yextending metal stri or plate 15, secured u on the roller'and aving one of its side e ges notched or out to form spring-teeth 16, beneath which the inner end of the towel is placed, so that it will be clamped upon the roller.

. The operation and advantages of the invention will be readi y understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. It will be seen that the towel and the cord 9 will be norrfiall wound upon the roller and spool so that 0th the towel and soap will be suported within the hood or casing 5, concealed l rom view and out of the way, but at the same time they may bereadily lowered for use by ulling downwardly upon the towel or the cord. By operating either of the latter as one does a window-shade the soap and towel may be supported at any desired elevation. By suspending the soap in this manner the necessity of a soap dish or holder is obviated and the soap is kept clean and dry and there is practically no waste of it, as is so common in the ordinary soap dishes and trays. The

device is of extremely simple and durable construction, so that it may be manufactured at a com aratively small cost and will last indefinite y, and 1t is exceedingly convenient in operation. The casing 5 may be ornamented, if desired.

The towel 2, which rolls u on the roller 6, may be attached thereto y any Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construct-ion may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described rack comprising the base having the brackets, the roller mounted in said brackets and having the spring to rotate the same in one direction,

, the base having cord will be either wound or unwound simultaneously.

2. The herein-described rack comprising the brackets, the roller mounted in sai brackets and having the spring to rotate the same in one direction, the drum at one end of the roller, the towel having one end attached to the roller and the soap-suspending cord attached at one end to the drum, said towel and cord being Wound when the roller is rotated by the spring and hence caused to move simultaneously and in the same direction.

In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD. P. THOMANDER.

Witnesses:

OTTO NIELSON, HENRI B. BIXLER. 

